Sports Officials and Referees
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Job description
These individuals enforce the rules that govern different sports. These rules apply to sporting games and competitions.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Referee at sporting events or athletic competitions.
- Record elapsed time and score during an event or competition.
- Judge the performance of competitors and record points.
- Impose penalties for infractions.
- Decide on the results.
- Calculate points and other sports statistics.
- Collaborate with coaches, players, and organizing committees.
- Check references for athletes participating in sports or special sporting events.
- Follow up on written objections.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
200
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 14.6% Female
- 85.4% Male
Not available.
- 14.6% Female
- 85.4% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage
All of Québec
Not available.
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7166% of jobs
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NAICS 8116% of jobs
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NAICS 616% of jobs
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NAICS 916% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 566% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 7166% of jobs
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NAICS 8116% of jobs
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NAICS 616% of jobs
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NAICS 916% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 566% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Also required
- Certificate of competence.
- Affiliation with a sport regulatory body or sports officials' commission.
- Training for officials.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Judgment and decision-making
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Time management
- Social perception
- Reading comprehension
- Negotiation
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Distance vision
- Near vision
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Selective attention
- Deductive reasoning
- Information processing speed
- Speech recognition
- Processing flexibility
- Information organization
- Time sharing
- Perception speed
- Memorization
- Inductive reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Critical thinking
- Knowledge of the French language
- Tolerance to stress
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Sense of observation
- Pedagogical knowledge
- Sense of equity
- Timeliness
Interests
- Watch, defend, and secure
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 53202
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Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
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